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257. Outer Delhi

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Nct of Delhi · India Lok Sabha Election, 1957

IN-OUTER-DELHI

INC 26.7%won by 0.6%INC 26.1%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 3.0% to 0.6%.

  • TurnoutTurnout fell 9.2% to 107.4%.
  • Knife-edgeDecided by 2,875 votes (0.61%) — among the closest results anywhere.
  • Multi-cornered7 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
4,39,791
Turnout
107.4%
Valid votes
4,72,404
Margin
2,875
0.61%

Candidates

13 contested · winner INC
  1. 1NAVAL PRABHAKARIndian National Congress · INC1,26,25226.7%
  2. 2C. KRISHNAN NAIRIndian National Congress · INC1,23,37726.1%
  3. 3RAM SINGHIndependent · IND50,77010.7%
  4. 4DHANI RAMSCF · SCF39,0868.3%
  5. 5B. D. JOSHICommunist Party of India · CPI38,2368.1%
  6. 6SHIV NATHBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS27,8075.9%
  7. 7V. P. JOSHIBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS24,7655.2%
  8. 8RAGHBIR SINGHIndependent · IND11,5032.4%
  9. 9BABU LALIndependent · IND10,0992.1%
  10. 10KRISHAN MOHAN SINGHIndependent · IND9,4782.0%
  11. 11HARI CHANDIndependent · IND4,1910.9%
  12. 12KARTAR CHANDIndependent · IND3,4400.7%
  13. 13KHARAK SINGHIndependent · IND3,4000.7%

Since 1951

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INC–INC swing
0.0%
INC share
26.2% → 26.7%
INC share
26.2% → 26.7%
Turnout
116.6% → 107.4%
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